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No persuasive evidence supports the claim that 15th-century Chinese ships reached the Americas.
Their wordsNo persuasive evidence supports the claim about the 15th-century Chinese.
Their wordsThe most credible claim – that the Vikings reached North America around the year 1000 – deserves more attention.
Their wordsThat exchange marked a turning point in world history: it is the earliest documented encounter between the peoples living on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
Their wordsBut many things we know from written documents have left no archaeological traces at all.
Their wordsAlthough not a certainty, it is a possibility that some Vikings made it to the Yucatán Peninsula near the year 1000.
Their wordsStill, we have to realise that Europeans didn’t invent globalisation. Existing intra-American trade pathways and relationships facilitated the European conquest of the Americas that began in 1492.
Their wordsWe don’t have definitive evidence of Vikings in Mexico, but there are suggestive clues, and the case for trade relationships and pathways connecting the Americas is beyond dispute.
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